13-letter words containing c, a, r, v
- corporativism — corporatism
- correlatively — so related that each implies or complements the other.
- corroborative — Corroborative evidence or information supports an idea, account, or argument.
- cottage grove — a town in E Minnesota.
- counteractive — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- covent garden — a district of central London: famous for its former fruit, vegetable, and flower market, now a shopping precinct
- covered wagon — A covered wagon is a wagon that has an arched canvas roof and is pulled by horses. Covered wagons were used by the early American settlers as they travelled across the country.
- covert action — a secret action undertaken to influence the course of political events, as a government intelligence operation.
- cranial nerve — any of the 12 paired nerves that have their origin in the brain and reach the periphery through natural openings in the skull
- crevalle jack — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
- cup and cover — a turning used in Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture and resembling a goblet with a domed cover.
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- curvilinearly — In a curvilinear way.
- cut-and-cover — designating a method of constructing a tunnel by excavating a cutting to the required depth and then backfilling the excavation over the tunnel roof
- cyberactivism — Activism facilitated by the Internet.
- declaratively — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- discovery day — Columbus Day.
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- divarications — Plural form of divarication.
- diverticulate — of or relating to a diverticulum
- driving chain — a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another
- electroactive — (of living tissue) exhibiting electrical activity or responsive to electrical stimuli
- electrovalent — (of bonding) resulting from electrostatic attraction between positive and negative ions; ionic.
- ex-serviceman — An ex-serviceman is a man who used to be in a country's army, navy, or air force.
- expectorative — an expectorant medicine
- expert advice — advice given by someone who has studied a subject thoroughly or who is very skilled at a particular job
- extravagances — Plural form of extravagance.
- extravascular — Situated or happening outside of the blood vessels or lymph vessels.
- fibrovascular — composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.
- fort victoria — a former name of Masvingo.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- graving piece — a piece of wood let into a wooden hull to replace decayed wood.
- gravity clock — a clock driven by its own weight as it descends a rack, cord, incline, etc.
- gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
- h and d curve — characteristic curve.
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- harvard chair — a three-legged armchair of the late 17th century, composed of turned uprights and spindles and having a triangular seat.
- have a record — to be a known criminal; have a previous conviction or convictions
- heavy cruiser — a naval cruiser having 8-inch (20.3-cm) guns as its main armament.
- hyperactivate — (biology) To cause or undergo hyperactivation.
- hyperactively — In a hyperactive manner.
- hyperactivity — the condition of being hyperactive.
- hyperreactive — Showing a much greater than normal response to a stimulus.
- hypervascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.